Hinge



July l0, 11923. ALWS E. B. BECKER HINGE Filed April 17. 1922 /A/ n/f/vraz f Patenten July 1o, i923.

@ITE STATE maare aan rance.

EDGAR B. RIGHE, OF ST. LOUIS,l MISSOURI.

Application led April 17,

. which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hinges, and the object of my invention is to provide a hinge, especially designed for use upon a tobacco can, which is of simple, durable and inexpensive construction and Y whichcomprises a plate having integral Vspurs or teeth which serve to relatively secure certain elements of the can and which my claims and illustrated by the accompanying, drawing, in which- Fig. 1 is an elevation of a hinge elementV constructed in accordance with my invention.

teeth as a can binding means.-

vtaken through one of the pintles.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation talren through the connecting teeth.

Fig, e is a perspective view ofthe hinge -material, preferably sheet metal, of rectangular oblong shape. Adjacent each end of the plate there are a pair of teeth 9 struck from the plate and turned at a right angle thereto, and within the length of the plate, spaced from the ends t ereof, are the teeth 10.

Formed within the length of the plate and integral therewith are the relatively spaced pintles 11, each of which has a portion of each oi its ends connected with the body of the plate and the remainder of each end and 1922. serial no. erases.

both sides freed from the plate, as by slitting, whereby they may be wired, that is,

ksectionally. bent to form cylinders which serve as pintles for a member to be hinged to the plate. From the one longitudinal margin there are punched out the cut outs 12 having depths extending to the pintles and lengths equal to the pintle lengths, which provide for the placement ofhmge ellements of a member to be hinged to the p ate. v

As recited 1^ have designed my hinge for use in connection with tobacco cans, especially of the type having4 a paper .body and a metallic lid or cover.

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 l use on a can, wherein 13 designates the body of the can which comprises a single piece of paper shaped to form an oblong section and having its ends overlapped, to form a seam, such as 14, (Fig. `7).

The upper, open end of the can is provided with cut outs 15-Which registenwith the 'cut outs 12 ot, the hinge plate.

In practice, afterthe can has been formed, the can is fitted over a suitable anvil and the hinge plate is fitted along the upper margin of the can with its cut outs 12 in registration` with the cut outs 15 of the can, and of course, spanning the seam 111.

By impact the teeth 9; and 10 are then show the plate as in driven through the wall ofthe canon each side of the seam and clenched seas to serve to reinforce the seam as well as to hold the margin of the can for a length corres onding witha length comprehending 'the ge elements so that there will be a minimum o annoyance of scrapping of material incident to inoperative assemblages by nonaligned hinge elements, and to cause the relatively, hinged members to freely articulate. l

After the hinge plate has been secured as just recited the can lid or cover 16, preferably made of a single piece of sheet metal, cupped, or provided with flanges to overlie the top margin of the can, and having spaced ears 17, is fitted in place and its ears coiled or turned to rotate upon the pintles 11 of the hinge plate. l

A distinct advantage arising from the construction as just described is the tact that the assemblage is greatly simplified as the time consuming use\ of a separate 'or loose pintle is dispensed with.

Having thus described my invention what ne ,l

I claim as neW therein and desire to secure spanning said cut outs and around which l0 b Letters Patent of the United States, said ears of the cove'r are bent. t erefore, is- 2. A hinge plate having a marginal cut 1. In combination With a can having a out, a pintle Whose sides are Wholly freed 5 Seam, and a cover having hinge ears, a plate from the plate and Whose ends are integrally having integral teeth for the seeurement of connected with the plate for portions only of 5 the plate to reinforce the seam, there being its Width, and said pintle being sectionally cut outsy in said plate to accommodate said arcuated. earsand integral, sectionally arcuated pintles EDGAR B. BICKER. 

